Handbook of Military and Veteran Suicide
Assessment, Treatment, and Prevention
by Bruce Bongar, Glenn Sullivan, Larry James
1st Edition
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Book Details
| Print ISBN | 9780199873616 |
| eText ISBN | 9780190679491 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Edition | 1st Edition |
| Language | English |
Handbook of Military and Veteran Suicide: Assessment, Treatment, and Prevention, 1st Edition, is a clinical reference published by Oxford University Press. The text examines research and clinical practices surrounding suicide among active duty service members and veterans.
The volume addresses key psychological and environmental concerns relevant to military personnel. Core topics include links between suicide and posttraumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, and the stigma surrounding mental health care, alongside screening for firearms access.
Intended for clinicians, researchers, and policy makers, the handbook offers evidence-based recommendations for suicide risk assessment and intervention. It also outlines practical considerations for working with military families facing severe psychological distress.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction into Military Suicide
Chapter 2: Why suicide?
Chapter 3: Suicide and the American military's experience in Iraq and Afghanistan
Chapter 4: Suicide in the Army National Guard: Findings, Interpretative Framework, and Implications for Intervention
Chapter 5: Combat experience and the acquired capability for suicide
Chapter 6: Combat-related killing and suicide through the Interpersonal-Psychological Theory of suicide
Chapter 7: Suicide risk assessment with combat veterans - Part I: Contextual factors
Chapter 8: Suicide risk assessment with combat veterans - Part II: Assessment and Management
Chapter 9: Driving Themselves to Death: Covert and Subintentioned Suicide among Veterans
Chapter 10: Identifying MMPI-2 risk factors for suicide
Chapter 11: Ethical Issues in the Treatment of Suicidal Military Personnel and Veterans
Chapter 12: Evidence-based treatments for the treatment of PTSD: Clinical considerations for PTSD and comorbid suicidality
Chapter 13: The Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS) with suicidal service members
Chapter 14: Healing the hidden wounds of war: Treating the combat veteran with PTSD at risk for suicide
Chapter 15: Traumatic brain injury and suicide
Chapter 16: U.S. Special Operations Preservation of the Task Force and Family Task Force
Chapter 17: Managing Suicide in the Older Veteran
Chapter 18: Person-centered prevention of suicide in primary care settings
Chapter 19: Caring letters for military suicide prevention
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